It’s been a while since the last update. My solar system has vastly expanded over the summer. I’m now running a 24V system with the following major components:
- 6 Lisuatelli 12V 100aH LifePo4 battereis setup 2S3P
- 6 Eco-Worthy Bifacial 100W panels setup 3S2P
- 4 Silfab 370W panels two setups 2S
- 2 ET Solar 540W panels each standalone (for now)
- Victron Battery Balancer
- WZRELB 3000W 24V Pure Sine Wave Inverter, 120V/240V Split Phase
- Victron Phoenix Inverter 1200W 12V
- Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 75V 15
- 2 Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 100V 20
- Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 100V 30
- Victron Energy Orion 24/12-Volt 70 amp DC-DC Converter
- Victron Energy Blue Smart IP22 12-Volt 20 amp Charger
- Victron Energy Smart Battery Sense, Voltage and Temperature Sensor
- Victron Energy SmartShunt 500 amp Battery Monitor
- Raspberry Pi running Victron VenusOS
There are all sorts of breakers, disconnects and other devices in addition to the ones mentioned above. The current layout is basically as follows:
As mention in my earlier solar posts, the Victron world is great for logging and viewing your solar data. My ham shack PC has one desktop dedicated to monitoring my system. I can see the details of all 6 batteries via my SmartBMS application and the solar DC and AC systems via the VenusOS.
Victron has just released a new version of the VenusOS. It incorporates a lot of the add ons that people have developed as well as a new modern look. I can switch back and forth between the two versions. The new version is even available on smart watches.
In addition to these dashboards my data is also sent up to Victron where they provide yet another system called VRM. The VRM has a dashboard similar to the others but also provides real time generation and consumption information as well daily predictions. It also has just about any type of graph you can imagine. Finally if that’s not enough the data is available via Node-Red. From there it can be sent to HomeAssistant or any other compatible platform.
